Tom Sawyer Final Essay

Author's Note: This is the Final Essay. Even though the book wasn't that good I managed to make a pretty good essay.

       When kids are young they often wish they were adults. They can eat whatever they want, they can drive, and it seems like they can do whatever they want. But Tom, the main character in Tom Sawyer, knows that childhood is short and it must be enjoyed. Throughout the book Tom makes new friends and has some awesome adventures. He is a typical boy with excitement, danger, and crushes. In this book he especially learns about crushes and what it’s like to “be in love”.
      “I’m in love,” Tom thinks when he first sees Amy Lawrence. In chapter 3 we get introduced to Amy Lawrence, the girl Tom thinks he’s in love with. Tom will do anything for Amy. He continues to try and impress her and nothing seems to work. You might be thinking this is the part in the story when Tom finds out that Amy likes him, but Mark Twain puts a twist on the story. Tom always gets in trouble with his teacher and this time his punishment is sitting by the girls. But because Tom is such a flirt the punishment is more of a reward. Tom forgets all about Amy, so he turns on his flirty attitude. He starts to impress a new girl named Becky. After only one day Tom realizes that he’s not in love with Amy he’s in love with Becky.
            During the book Tom and Becky have an up and down relationship. The first mistake Tom makes is telling Becky that he loved Amy once. She gets mad and breaks up with him. But they eventually get back together when Tom takes the punishment that’s meant for Becky. Together they go on many adventures that aren’t always good. In chapter 29 Becky and Tom go into a cave and get lost. The whole town is looking for them and they aren’t found. Becky and Tom think they are going to die in the cave but Tom finds a way out.
            I think everyone could relate to this book. Everyone has had a harmless crush at sometime in their life. When I got to chapter 6 I thought it was really funny. It reminded me of my friends and how they change crushes so much. If you are really in love you don’t change who you love a day later. It was also funny that Tom knew he was in love even though he had never talked to Amy he had only seen her once.
           This book showed us that childhood should be enjoyed. At the end of the book Tom and Becky had been through a lot and even though Tom had a complicated relationship with Becky in the end it was harmless. Even though it was harmless Tom will always remember his first crush.